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CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

5 ways Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare differ on affordability: Survey

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Around 1 in 5 adults with Medicare reported high healthcare costs in the

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Biosimilars drugs, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, PBM

Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Prescription drug costs

What are the recent and forecasted trends in prescription drug spending?

(By Emma Wager, Imani Telesford, Cynthia Cox, and Krutika Amin for Kaiser Family Foundation published September 15, 2023) Prescription drug

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legal Actions/Court Decisions

Eileen Cook September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 Cigna, Claims Denials and Appeals, Health care claims, Lawsuit

Cigna sued by shareholder following ProPublica report on claims denials

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A shareholder is suing the Cigna Group in Delaware’s Court of Chancery to

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 Aetna, CVS Health, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings

CVS Health ‘optimistic’ its Medicare Advantage star ratings will improve

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch said she is “optimistic” Aetna will improve its

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Zero-premium Medicare Advantage plans

Is your zero-premium Medicare Advantage plan really free

Medicare open enrollment – also known as the annual election period (AEP) – refers to an enrollment window that takes

Health Care Finance HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 CMS, HHS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

What 8 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Much of Medicare Advantage growth is driven by people switching to the program from

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Top Medicare Part D plans of 2023, per Forbes

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare offers the best Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in 2023, according

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

How the drug price negotiation program could affect Medicare Part D beneficiaries

By Mariana Socal for STAT) After the recent announcement of the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation, much

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Rural Health

Eileen Cook September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Rural Health

Medicare Advantage Enrollment, Plan Availability and Premiums in Rural Areas

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Gabrielle Clerveau, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 07, 2023)

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